Speakers & Moderators
Dr. Tarek Ibrahim El-Azzabi
Conference Chairman
Senior Consultant Paediatrician Neurodisability
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi
A/Assistant Professor in Paediatric,
UAE University
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Abdul Salam Al Manasir
Head of Paediatric Emergency Department
Consultant, General Pediatrics
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Andoni Urtizberea
Attending Physician, APHP, Hendaye, France
Head, Summer School of Myology,
Paris, France
Chargé De Mission, Filnemus,
Marseille, France
Dr. Abdelaly Dabosy
Senior Consultant Padiatrician and
Chief of Paediatric Division
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Adel Waheeb Jasim
Consultant Padiatrician
Yas Healthcare Center
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Amal Mohamed Alteneiji
Metabolic Genetics Disease Consultant
Division of Pediatrics
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Aman Sohal
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology Department
Al Qassimi Women and Children's Hospital, Sharjah
Founding Partner Neuropedia
Children's Neuroscience Center, Dubai
Dr. Anil Vasudev Israni
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Arif Khan
Founder and CEO at Neuropedia
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Associate Professor (adj) MBR University, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Basheer Babu Tharayil
Consultant Paediatrician
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Biju Abdul Hameed
PHD In Neuroscience
Consultant, Pediatric Neurology
Danat Al Emarat Hospital
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Binu George
MBBS, FRCPCH(UK), Dual CCT(UK)
Paediatric Consultant
(Paediatric Neuro-disability)
NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Chaudhry Muhammad Mehtab Iqbal
MBBS, CCT (UK), MRCPCH Consultant,
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Head of Paediatric Neurology,
Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Dalal Nasr
Head of Mental Health Department Kids
The Heart Medical Center,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Dina Saleh
MBBch, Msc, MD
Consultant Pediatric Neurology -
Head of Department, Reem Hospital
Associate Clinical Professor (adj),
Khalifa University,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurology
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Elhadi H. Aburawi
Professor & Senior Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
CMHS, UAE University, Al-Ain hospital,
SEHA, HAAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Eslam El Baroudy
Professor and Consultant in Paediatrics,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Fatima Ismail
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Neurology &
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Hussein Matlik
Consultant Pediatric Neurology &
Head of Department
Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ibrahim Saddiq
Consultant Paediatricians
Chair of Paediatrics
Ambulatory Healthcare Services, SEHA
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Haitham El Bashir
Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Consultant
Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Huda Sadek
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatric,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Inyang Takon
Consultant Paediatrician
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital
Welwyn Garden City, UK
Dr. Mahmoud Abou Mandil
RPh, MSHA, Senior Pharmacist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Majid Aziz
Senior Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Maryam Al Shehhi
Medical Geneticist Consultant,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Elhadi Almalik
Consultant Paediatric Neurology
Mediclinic Hospitals,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Mohamed Osman Eltahir Babiker
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Program Director,
Paediatric Neurology Residency
Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Mohammed Mekki
Paediatrics Neurology Consultant
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, AQWCH
Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Nabil Al Macki
MD/MRCPCH/FRCPC
Senior Consultant Pediatric Neurologist,
Head of pediatric Neurology Department
Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
Dr. Nidheesh Chencheri
Paediatric Neurologist,
Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics & Genomics,
CMHS- UAE University
Consultant Genetics and Metabolism- Tawam Hospital,
Al Ain UAE
Dr. Omar Ismayl
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist &
Paediatric Neurology Division Chief
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Rashid Salem
The Heart Medical Center,
Al Ain, UAE
Dr. Saleel Chandratre
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman
Ajman, UAE
Dr. Samar Ahmed Al Muntaser
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Shanawaz Hussain
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Sofia Konstantinopoulou
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Syed Arif Hosain
Paediatric Neurology Consultant,
Sheikh Shakabout Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Tawfik Hen
Pediatric Consultant
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Ubaid Shah
Pediatric Neurologist & Epileptologist
American Hospital, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Vivek Mundada
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist
Aster Hospital, Al Qusais
Medcare Women and Children Hospital
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Zeinab Alloub
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician
Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital,
Dubai, UAE
Dr. Ziad Ibrahim Aljian
Senior Consultant Physician
Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE